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<blockquote data-quote="El_Putzo" data-source="post: 157828" data-attributes="member: 1017"><p>1) Not anymore, have you been in any of the new diesels? You can barely hear them running.</p><p></p><p>2) Your first statement is correct, Horsepower is a measure of the ammount of work done over a given period of time. But, more HP does Not mean more work done, it does mean the work can be done in a shorter amount of time.</p><p></p><p>3) If this is true, let me pose this question to you. Your gas engine in a pickup runs around 350 hp and you say 455lb/ft of torque, right? My Kenworth dump truck (converted road tractor) has a 350 hp cummins diesel in it. From what you say, your pickup will pull the same amount as my dump truck. They do afterall have the same HP. Would you like to hook these bumper to bumper? And don't tell me gearing has anything to do with it either, because my dump truck will easily run 80 mph down the highway right next to your pickup. Please explain this anomoly?</p><p></p><p>4) That is debatable. It depends on what your definition of power is. Is power being able to go from 0-300 mph in 4 seconds? If so, then yeah, the gas engine is going to be capable of more power. But, if your definition of power is being able to pull 100 train cars loaded with freight, your gas motor ain't gonna cut it. </p><p></p><p>I have had enough physics classes to know the difference between HP and TQ. I've also owned both gas and diesel trucks and would not go back to a gas, for doing any type of pulling, with the exception of a sled. :lol: </p><p></p><p>Different strokes for different folks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El_Putzo, post: 157828, member: 1017"] 1) Not anymore, have you been in any of the new diesels? You can barely hear them running. 2) Your first statement is correct, Horsepower is a measure of the ammount of work done over a given period of time. But, more HP does Not mean more work done, it does mean the work can be done in a shorter amount of time. 3) If this is true, let me pose this question to you. Your gas engine in a pickup runs around 350 hp and you say 455lb/ft of torque, right? My Kenworth dump truck (converted road tractor) has a 350 hp cummins diesel in it. From what you say, your pickup will pull the same amount as my dump truck. They do afterall have the same HP. Would you like to hook these bumper to bumper? And don't tell me gearing has anything to do with it either, because my dump truck will easily run 80 mph down the highway right next to your pickup. Please explain this anomoly? 4) That is debatable. It depends on what your definition of power is. Is power being able to go from 0-300 mph in 4 seconds? If so, then yeah, the gas engine is going to be capable of more power. But, if your definition of power is being able to pull 100 train cars loaded with freight, your gas motor ain't gonna cut it. I have had enough physics classes to know the difference between HP and TQ. I've also owned both gas and diesel trucks and would not go back to a gas, for doing any type of pulling, with the exception of a sled. :lol: Different strokes for different folks. [/QUOTE]
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